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Reach Out and Read KC

Reach Out and Read Kansas City was established in 1997 as a collaborative early literacy effort between University of Kansas Medical Center and Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics and now partners with 50+ healthcare clinics making literacy promotion a standard part of pediatric care serving our community’s most at-risk children, ages birth to 5, and their families in the greater Kansas City metropolitan area. Over the past 16 years, doctors and nurses have dispensed nearly 800,000 new, developmentally appropriate, books to over 250,000 children. Reach Out and Read Kansas City focuses on reaching children growing up in poverty. Thousands of doctors and nurses have been trained to effectively educate parents on the importance of books with children and the positive correlation to increase their child's brain and language development and school readiness. Reach Out and Read Kansas City is a coalition of National Reach Out and Read and Reading is Fundamental.

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This listing is currently not accepting applications.

Member Duties : • Create monthly e-newsletter to raise awareness and highlight Reach Out and Read Kansas City program impact and success. • Increase online presence and public awareness utilizing various social media outlets and vehicles (Facebook, Twitter, You Tube, Pinterest, etc.). • Create impact videos and share on all external communication outlets. • Manage all aspects of the organization’s website, including upcoming events, program developments, news or media features, impact stories, etc. • Write monthly blog, including securing guest bloggers. • Develop positive working relationship with media (print, television, and radio). • Provide grant and foundation research, proposal writing, and reporting. • Organize fundraising events, scheduling 3rd party events, soliciting donations, etc.

Program Benefits : Stipend , Education award upon successful completion of service , Health Coverage* , Relocation Allowance , Living Allowance , Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend .


*For details about AmeriCorps VISTA healthcare benefits, please visit https://americorps.gov/members-volunteers/vista/benefits.

Terms : None

Service Areas : Community Outreach , Education , Children/Youth .

Skills : Communications , Community Organization .



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SUMMARY
Program Type:
AmeriCorps VISTA

Program
Reach Out and Read KC

Program Start/End Date
11/03/2015 - 11/05/2016

Work Schedule	Full Time

Education level
Some college

Age Requirement
Minimum: 18 Maximum: None

Program Locations	MISSOURI , KANSAS

Accepting Applications
From 08/10/2015 To 09/18/2015

Contact	Mark Mattison
3901 Rainbow Blvd
Kansas City KS 66160
913-588-3073
mmattison@kumc.edu
www.reachoutandreadkc.org

Listing ID	60441


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